Judith Lewis Herman, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Judith Lewis Herman

American psychiatrist

Date of Birth: 31-Mar-1942

Place of Birth: New York City, New York, United States

Profession: psychiatrist, author, university teacher

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Judith Lewis Herman (born 1942) is an American psychiatrist, researcher, teacher, and author who has focused on the understanding and treatment of incest and traumatic stress. Herman is Professor of clinical psychiatry at Harvard University Medical School and Director of Training at the Victims of Violence Program in the Department of Psychiatry at the Cambridge Health Alliance in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and a founding member of the Women's Mental Health Collective. She was the recipient of the 1996 Lifetime Achievement Award from the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies and the 2000 Woman in Science Award from the American Medical Women's Association.
In 2003 she was named a Distinguished Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association.